CHORAL WORKS

LARGE SCALE; SHORTER WORKS; CHILDREN'S CHOIR



LARGE-SCALE CHORAL WORKS


A Time to be Born and a Time to Die (English) 40’
cantata: soli, SATB choir, Bach-sized orchestra

A Time to Dance (English: 'Times and Seasons') 55'
cantata: soli, SATB choir, Bach-Magnificat-sized orchestra

Earthrise (Latin, from ancient sources) 25’
N.B. 2 DIFFERENT VERSIONS:
[1] unaccompanied choir in 40 parts (8 SATBB choirs)
[2] single SATB choir, semichorus plus a choice of four different accompaniments: organ; piano 4 hands ; string orchestra; full orchestra
FULL DETAILS HERE

Hymn to Gaia (Ancient Greek & English) 20’
children’s choir, SATB choir (or string orchestra or keyboard) and bass drum

Shared Ground (English, Vikram Seth) 24'
suite for unaccompanied double choir SSATBB x2
(may be performed with the solo violin partita, Ponticelli)

The Traveller (English, Vikram Seth, Indian sources) 55’
oratorio: tenor, violin, children’s choir, SATB choir, orchestra (strings, harp, perc.)


SHORTER CHORAL WORKS


A Shepherd’s Carol (English, George Herbert) 4’
unison trebles with (chamber-) organ or keyboard, or SATB choir with or without accompaniment

Dawn Chorus (Die güldene Sonne) (English or German) 5½’
unaccompanied choir SSAATTBB

I Will Move Thee (English, George Herbert) 4½’
unaccompanied choir SSATB

Lighten our darkness (English) 2½’
introit for unaccompanied choir SATB

Lullaby Carol (English, Anon. 15th C.) 3’
unaccompanied choir SATB

Jubilate (Latin and English) 6’
unaccompanied choir SATB

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (English) 3½’ & 3’
SATB choir and chamber organ (left hand)

Men and Angels (English, George Herbert) 4’
unaccompanied choir SATB

Night Prayer / Nachtgebet (Latin & English or German) 3’
based on the plainsong Te Lucis Ante Terminum
unaccompanied choir SATB

SHORTER CHORAL WORKS (contd.)


Responses (Hatfield Service) (English) 4½’
unaccompanied choir SATB

Snowflakes (English, Longfellow) 4’
SATB choir and organ or other instruments (adapted from the cantata A Time to Dance)

Sol Justitiae (Latin, James Barmby) 4’
unaccompanied choir SATB

Something Understood (English, George Herbert) 4’
unaccompanied choir SSATB

Song of the Shepherds (English, Richard Crashaw) 5½’
unaccompanied choir SATB

Stargazer: 4 part-songs for mixed voices SATB (English) 13’
(Stand and Stare; The Starlit Stairs; Star-struck; In the Train)

Suscepimus Deus (We wait, O God) (Latin & English) 2½’
introit for unaccompanied equal voices

The Elixir (English, George Herbert) 6’
unaccompanied double choir SATB

The Flower (English, George Herbert) 3’
unaccompanied choir SATB
version for upper voices SSA

Unborn (English, Vikram Seth) 5’
processional introit for tenor, SATB choir and organ or other instruments (adapted from the opening part of the oratorio The Traveller)

Verlass uns nicht (Forsake us not) (German/English) 4½’
based on the plainsong Rex Christe factor omnium
unaccompanied choir SSATBB


CHILDREN’S CHOIR


Dolphin Songs (English, Vikram Seth) 12’
children’s choir, chamber orch. or piano with optional percussion
adapted from the opera Arion and the Dolphin

Earth and Sky (English, Vikram Seth) 10’
children’s choir SSA, piano, optional percussion (4 players)

Also suitable for, or involving Children’s choir (see above):
Hymn to Gaia
A Shepherd’s Carol
Suscepimus Deus
The Flower (SSA version)
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